where has the time gone

Ok, I haven't written in the pass 2 month & Im sorry for that. The time has buzzed by. School got out June 14th & we jumped right into ball camp & all stars. Tori & Jenna started working at the nature center every Wednesday afternoon and Jenna worked every Sunday afternoon at Carl Sandburg's goat barn. We celebrated the Bear's birthday w/ a visit from Joe & Micki. We had a great 4th of July at Sandy's house w/ fireworks up close....thanks Frankie. Then it was time to set up VBS, the place looked like a spaceship...thanks to Jonathan, the girls, & Tiffany for all their hard work & fun of blowing up science everyday. We made the church normal again and it was time for Relay for Life. The Funny Farm came out and had a great time. Jonathan & Frankie did the Mis-ter Miss contest, the girls & the Bear made all of the luminarie bags, Tiffany & Sam put them up and everyone helped us lighted them...what a great team effort. Then Jonathan & I got a week off and enjoyed it in Florida. Had a great time relaxing and spnding time with my family. Thanks Andy s Ike for taking us fishing. Now back to the real world I started a new job, the grass needed to be mowed and we had to go school shopping. We did the showmans clinic last weekend so the fair most be coming up. Hope I caught everyone up here at the funny farm. What a whirl wind summer.

Tye's birthday

Two years ago this community had a terrible blow. Trooper Shawn Blaton was killed in the line of duty. A few weeks before his 1st child was born premature but he was able to hold his baby son before he was killed. Tye was small and had lots of problems but he gave us all hope. Unfortunately Tye passed 5 months later. His family took the lost and turned it into something good to help other premature babies at Mission. This past Sunday they hosted a Lula to honor Tye. They were asking for donations for the NIC unit at Mission. The afternoon was great. The pool was cool, the bounce houses were fun, the food was amazing, and the people I don't know what to say. The families of Shawn and Tye keep going on and have fun doing it. They are special people in my heart. They show by example how to live and love. The girls and I went and really enjoyed the afternoon at Maggie Valley. It makes you want to go and hug the ones you love.

Jonathan's birthday

We all got together for Jonathan's birthday last week. I spent the morning with him and when I went to work he worked on the strawberries. That evening we meet at the Bear's to open presents. Yes my country boy got herbs & trees for his birthday but he got some other things too. Afterwards the girls & I took him to Cheddars for supper. I think he had a good time.

Jenna singing

Jenna is part of the VSMS chorus. They received 2's at district this year and got to go to Carowinds for the day this past Saturday. Here are a few pictures of her and her group singing last week.

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. We went to the sport festival, we picked 7 gallons of strawberries, hung out at Biltmore Park (Opie Taylor's & ice cream), we went to the flower festival, Carl Sandburg's, saw Shrek, the girls went to school, and we went bowling. Not bad for only 3 days.

softball

We are finishing up another season of softball. Jonathan helped coach and Sam caught the whole season. She has no fear of the ball and jumps out of that box at every pitch. She is amazing but I get nervous when that ball is coming at her but she stops it and waits for her next. She has caught pop fowls and got a few out at home. She is my little biscuit. This year I wasn't on the stands like the past few years I was a bat girl and got to coach a base when Jonathan was working. Little league is stressful and we lived off muscle milk and lunch ables. But the Rockhounds did a great job. We still have play offs coming up now. So play ball!

what's up

Ok, I haven't been good about keeping everyone up to date lately. Spring sprung and we have been non stop. So sorry! Let's see my home away from home has been the ball field. Sam is catching again this year and Jonathan is help coaching. Jenna, Jonathan, & I took the hunter safety coarse and we all passed. Sam had a lighthouse project due. Jenna's science team won 2nd place. The twins had spirit week. We had an Easter Egg hunt at the church and an Easter play. We really didn't get a full spring break because of the snow days but we did get the chance to take the girls to Pigeon Forge to ride the go carts and wonder around. We took the Girl Scouts to Reidhill to see all the new babies. Action Fest came to town and Sam got to meet the guy that fly in the jet pack and all the girls drooled over the stunt guys. Jonathan and I took the boater safety coarse and I beat him by 2 points on the test..98! We gave an ice cream party to the winning class at Valley for the class that sold the most cancer sun's and the twins raised $89.00 for the American Caner Society. Asheville got a visit from the President of the United States..traffic was backed up everywhere but the cool part was the cargo plane C30 picking the cars up. I went on the twins field trip to the zoo, the IMAX movie, and then to fun stop to play ( it made me love my girls...some of those kids). We celebrated Mother's Day Greek style. And this past weekend we got to baby sit the puppy Pearl. It's hard to believe that May is coming to an end. Maybe summer will slow us done...I dawt it!